NHS doctors in London begin five-day strike over pay

NHS resident doctors outside St Thomas' Hospital in London, as thousands of resident doctors go on strike across England in a dispute over pay. The five-day action is the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023, with the last strike in July estimated to have cost the health service £300 million. Resident doctors make up around half the medical workforce in the NHS and have up to eight years' experience working as a hospital doctor or three years as a GP.